Casualties expected in takeover battle

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The proposed merger threatens the jobs of 10,000 to 15,000 researchers employed by the two companies as redundant research efforts are eliminated. However, the merger is likely to benefit Wellcome Trust, which owns 39.5% of Wellcome. It could hire 1000 scientists from the proceeds of the sale.

Pharmaceutical industry, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Finance, Wellcome Trust, Wellcome, Glaxo Holdings PLC

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Scant data cause widespread concern

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The United Kingdom's Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory panicked much of the public in Mar 1996 when it announced that 10 people probably acquired the fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CDJ) through exposure to beef with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as 'mad cow disease.'

Health aspects, Causes of, Diseases, Beef cattle, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Dinosaur embryos spark excitement, concern

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A display of fossilized eggs hosted by Cambridge University's Museum of Zoology has captured the imagination of the paleontological community, in large part because embryos are visible in some of the dinosaur eggs. Most of the eggs were collected at a site in China.

Exhibitions, Dinosaurs, Paleontology, Eggs, Fossil, Fossil eggs

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